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ATLANTA—Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski missed his first game since 1995 Tuesday after not traveling with the team for the Blue Devils’ game at Georgia Tech. Despite Krzyzewski’s absence, the Blue Devils outlasted the Yellow Jackets 80-71 behind a 27-point outburst from sophomore Grayson Allen. Krzyzewski felt “under the weather” following Monday’s team meal and was evaluated at Duke University Hospital, according to a statement released by the team Tuesday evening prior to tip-off. Associate head coach Jeff Capel led the Blue Devils from the sideline in Krzyzewski’s absence. It was the first time the 68-year-old Krzyzewski has missed a game since he sat out for the latter portion of the 1994-95 season while he dealt with back troubles. Following the win, Capel said that Krzyzewski felt ill Monday night when the team was about to leave for the airport to fly to Atlanta. Krzyzewski’s doctors directed that he not travel with the team. “[Tuesday] morning is when we found out that

Increasing support for faculty members was one of Valerie Ashby’s main goals when she arrived at Duke, and in her second semester as dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences Ashby is leading several efforts to meet that goal. In Fall 2015, Trinity launched a faculty mentoring program to help tenure-track assistant professors prepare for potential promotions. The college has also instituted leadership training for department chairs and program directors, and Ashby—who joined Duke in July after serving as chair of the chemistry department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—has convened monthly meetings with department chairs. See TRINITY on Page 8 Izzi Clark | The Chronicle Grayson Allen made a career-high seven 3-pointers in Tuesday night’s win.

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ATLANTA—The Blue Devils knew they were going to be without senior captain Amile Jefferson for the 13th straight game Tuesday. They found out Tuesday morning that head coach Mike Krzyzewski would miss his first game since 1995 after remaining in Durham following a trip to Duke University Hospital Monday. But Duke still had Grayson Allen, and that proved to be plenty to get the Blue Devils back on track with one of their best halves of ACC play. Duke shook off the rust from an eight-day layoff to down Georgia Tech 80-71 at Hank McCamish Pavilion behind Allen’s 27 points. The sophomore guard drilled a career-high seven 3-pointers before fouling out in the

game’s final minute, and associate head coach Jeff Capel switched from zone to man-to-man as the Blue Devils stymied the Yellow Jackets in the second half. “I thought it ignited everything about us,” Capel said of playing man-to-man. “It gave us energy, I thought it ignited our offense and we rode Grayson there for a big-time part of the second half.” Georgia Tech (12-10, 2-7 in the ACC) had few problems scoring down low early on. Twenty of the team’s first 26 points came in the paint, with redshirt senior Nick Jacobs depositing six of his first seven field goal attempts. Capel used freshmen Chase Jeter and Antonio Vrankovic—seeing his first action since late December—to stop the bleeding, but they were each pulled after limited action. See M. BASKETBALL on Page 5

Special to The Chronicle One of Trinity Dean Valerie Ashby’s main priorities is increasing training for department heads.

Correction: Due to an error in reporting, Tuesday’s article about the Young Trustee finalists’ platforms incorrectly stated that senior Max Schreiber opposes cultural comptency courses, which he supports. The article has been updated online to note that Schreiber opposes the addition of an intolerance clause to the community standard. The Chronicle regrets the error.

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Task Force on Bias and Hate Issues begins analysis Anupriya Sivakumar The Chronicle The Task Force on Bias and Hate Issues—conceived after the first community forum Nov. 13—held its first meeting Jan. 21. The task force, co-chaired by Linda Burton, dean of social sciences and professor of sociology, and Kelly Brownell, dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy, consists of five undergraduate students, five graduate students and 17 faculty, administrators and alumni. During the course of three months, Burton said that the task force plans to make some headway on identifying critical bias and hate issues and to make recommendations about how to proceed in dealing with these issues. She believes that the task force is well-equipped to handle bias and hate issues on campus despite the time constraints. “This is by far the most passionate, caring, well informed committee I have ever worked with at Duke,” Burton said. “However, we are not naïve enough to believe that in the three months that we work together that we are going to solve all of Duke’s problems.” The task force selection committee received applications from 116 undergraduate and graduate students, which were narrowed down by Duke Student Government president Keizra Mecklai, a senior, Abbe LaBella, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council, Brownell and Burton. Mecklai and Brownell were in charge of selecting the undergraduate students, and LaBella and Burton were in charge of selecting the graduate students. The first round of applicants were selected after their written applications— which included answers to questions regarding what unique perspectives and experiences they could bring—were thoroughly read and scored. The scoring measured criteria including relevant experience, breadth and depth of campus involvement and understanding of a member’s role in the task force. The

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having people from different parts of the campus represented on the task force will be very helpful for bringing ideas back out of those meetings to the many relevant communities University-wide.” Burton said that during weekly meetings throughout the course of three months, the task force will mainly attempt to solve to central issues—identifying what hate and bias look like—specifically how they are experienced in everyday student life—and investigating the institutional and personal relationship factors that produce and reproduce hate and bias. She noted that students, faculty and administrators alike have a responsibility to both identify and monitor hate

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Alumnus Goldberg writes first novel about Soviet-era Russia Heather Zhou The Chronicle Paul Goldberg, Trinity ’81 and the editor and publisher of The Cancer Letter—a weekly national newsletter that closely investigated and reported on the Anil Potti scandal—has written his first novel, “The Yid.” His book, which was reviewed in The New York Times Jan. 20, is set in the Soviet Union and revolves around the end of Joseph Stalin’s life. Goldberg, who immigrated from Russia in 1973, focused on Stalin’s final blow to the country’s remaining Jewish citizens, drawing on the experiences of his friends and relatives in Russia for material. Goldberg will host a reading of his new book at The Regulator Bookshop on Ninth Street at 7 p.m. March 2. The Chronicle’s Heather Zhou recently spoke with Goldberg about his new novel.

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The Chronicle: What’s your new book, “The Yid,” about? Paul Goldberg: It’s a dark comedy set in Moscow in 1953. It’s a very Shakespearean time in Moscow, one might argue, because [they] have a mad king Stalin, and he has made some diabolical plans. And here’s a group of people who are trying to stop those plans by assassinating him, and it all begins with the arrest of an actor. It’s interesting to make this kind of stuff a comedy.

I guess the central question in Russian literature is, “What’s a man to do?” That is movement and history, things are going which way, as the world changes, “What’s a man to do?” is really the fundamental question in this book.

I don’t know if it’s doable. Think about it, this is a story about assassination of the most powerful ruler Russia has known, and I made it up. Put it into Russia right now? I have no idea. I am not really worried about it. This thing is where it is and I am happy about it. Enough good things have already TC: When did you start to have an idea happened—we got a really nice review in about writing this novel? The New York Times, a BBC review and PG: I first had the idea to write this one from The Washington Post...... That’s novel when I was 10-years-old in 1969, a lot for a debut novel. living in Moscow. This was when I heard an urban legend about the use of blood in TC: How does being an investigative Jewish ritual, which is complete idiocy. A journalist yourself contribute to the friend’s father pointed at a building and writing of this novel? said, “Here in 1944 they arrested a Jewish PG: It’s hard to tell. It requires two woman for having killed a child and used different minds. My other work has been her blood for Matzo.” Of course my first nonfiction. My first two books were about reaction was, “Oh my god, what is this?” civic human rights movement in Russia. and then I just became obsessed with this. But I could not have written this book if I had not done those nonfictions, because TC: Why did it take so long to turn this it’s not straightforward to [write historical idea into a novel? fictions]. You have to, in a very systematic PG: I had the idea, but I didn’t have way, understand how people thought the ability at that time. I came to U.S. in the 1950s in Moscow. That is really when I was 14-years-old. I wrote a bunch challenging. But I have done the work in of nonfiction before this, but my real love the context of nonfiction much earlier. with writing is the novels. By the time I I’ve always had friends who are my dad’s graduated from Duke, I wouldn’t expect generation or older. I could ask them what this book to take me so long. But these they were thinking about [that time]. things take a long time. It’s also a very It’s about collective memory and how unusual book so it took a while to sell it. you were supposed to think about certain It has been rejected time and time again things. When they talked about collective years ago. But the world is changing, and memory, you really learned nothing now here it is. because it’s like all the memories are homogenized. So what you have to do is TC: Are there plans to translate the to catch them off guard to get things from book into Russian? them. You can take the person and move PG: I would so much love to see it them over to a different time and try to translated into Russian. I don’t care about figure out how they would react. You can the market, I care about the country. But do that as a novelist. You can’t really do that

in nonfiction and you certainly shouldn’t do that as a journalist. In journalism your landmark is the truth while in fiction, you start with characters and you belong to the characters. TC: Do you have any plans after this book? Will there be more novels? PG: Yes, I’ve sold one more novel. That one is set in South Florida. It’s a book, a comedy about condominium board, with kickbacks and fraud. There will be a little bit of Duke in there, the protagonist. And I have a bunch of other ideas. I may do some nonfiction as well. But I also have a full time job, The Cancer Letter. It’s a huge job.

Special to The Chronicle Paul Goldberg, Trinity ’81, recently wrote a novel that was reviewed in The New York Times.

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ATLANTA—After dropping four of its last five games and falling out of the AP top 25 for the first time since 2007, Duke’s tilt at Georgia Tech Tuesday night was a must-win. Not only did the Blue Devils obtain the win they so desperately needed, but they did it without the winningest coach in Division I men’s college basketball history on their sideline. With Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski back in Durham after falling ill Monday night, Duke outlasted Georgia Tech 80-71, turning a four-point halftime deficit into a lead that stretched to 17 at one point. The Blue Devils relied on the head coaching experience of associate head coach Jeff Capel—who filled in for Krzyzewski—to make the necessary adjustments to secure the win. “We know [Krzyzewski] is a part of the team, whether he’s here or not,” sophomore guard Grayson Allen said. “He was with us for all of our preparation. So we were ready play tonight.” Early on, the Yellow Jackets created the same issues that have plagued Duke during its recent slide, namely an inability to defend the paint. As they did Jan. 25 at Miami, the Blue Devils opened in a zone defense, trying to conserve energy for their six-man rotation. But throughout the first half, Georgia Tech pushed the ball in transition and attacked the interior of the Duke zone for easy drives and dishes. Yellow Jacket post players consistently carved out deep positions against Brandon Ingram, Marshall Plumlee and Chase Jeter, and scored eight of the home team’s first 12 points in the paint, including two dunks in three possessions. The Blue Devils headed to the locker room having allowed Georgia Tech to score 28 of its 40 halftime points in the paint. Capel—who once paced the sidelines at Virginia Commonwealth and Oklahoma—

Izzi Clark | The Chronicle After its zone was burned in the first half, Duke went man-to-man in the second half and pulled away, even without head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

made the decision to adjust Duke’s defense, choosing to go back to the Blue Devils’ more traditional man-to-man defense, rather than continue to get pounded inside with the zone. He could not have asked for a better result. The man-to-man ignited Duke’s defense. After making 18 of their 31 shots in the first half, the Yellow Jackets shot just 31 percent in the final 20 minutes. Starting at the 11:35 mark of the second half, Duke’s man defense surrendered just two points in a six-minute span. “It’s interesting because we didn’t walk through or go through a single man play of Georgia Tech’s. All we had worked on in preparation was zone,” Capel said. “We liked the [man] and we played it exclusively in the second half.” And as is so often the case, the revamped

Izzi Clark | The Chronicle Making his first start since Jan. 13 at Clemson, freshman point guard Derryck Thornton scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half, another adjustment that worked for Jeff Capel Tuesday.

effort on the defensive end helped fuel the Blue Devil offense. The Blue Devils’ offense was average at best in the first half while they played zone. Although Allen scored 11 points and drained three of his four 3-point attempts, freshman Brandon Ingram shot just 2-of-10 from the field and the Blue Devils missed 17 of their 29 shots. Once the Blue Devils switched over to man, they converted defensive stops into points in transition. Freshman point guard Derryck Thornton—who scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half—was especially aggressive and attacked the rim off of Georgia Tech misses. During Duke’s 16-2 run in the second half, the Chatsworth, Calif., native consistently drove to the basket where he either finished at the rim, drew a foul or passed out to an open Allen on the perimeter. “Derryck Thornton for the majority of

the game was really, really good. He made some big shots for us...he was tremendous tonight,” Capel said. “He has struggled like every freshman in the country.... I thought he did a really good job at N.C. State against [Anthony] ‘Cat’ Barber, which is very tough matchup. I think we’re seeing him grow up and figure it out.” As the Blue Devils move into the meat of their schedule—with a rematch against Barber’s Wolfpack followed by dates with No. 19 Louisville, No. 9 Virginia and No. 2 North Carolina in the next three weeks—Tuesday’s win, and the second half in particular, will be a reminder of how well they can play and what they can accomplish. After all, there is arguably no bigger obstacle than suddenly losing an icon like Krzyzewski before gearing up for a road game. And Duke passed that test with flying colors Tuesday.

Izzi Clark | The Chronicle Brandon Ingram shot just 3-of-15 from the field, but his defense in the second half helped the Blue Devils build a big lead. Ingram posted a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

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of 14 points and 10 rebounds. Ingram contributed on the defensive glass as well, an important area against one of the ACC’s top rebounding teams. Duke has struggled on the glass without Jefferson throughout conference play, but the Blue Devils outrebounded Georgia Tech 39-38 overall, including a 20-9 margin on the defensive glass in the second half. Plumlee grabbed 12 rebounds to complement his 4-for-4 shooting day, and Yellow Jacket big man Charles Mitchell— the ACC’s leading rebounder—had just six boards and two points. “We just put an emphasis on stopping their points in the paint and being physical with their guys down there,” Allen said. “Their post guys were getting deep position, so we tried to stop letting that happen.” Duke collapsed on the interior thanks to a poor showing by Georgia Tech on the perimeter. The Yellow Jackets shot 2-of-19 from deep, and even the usually dead-eye Smith saw an invisible hand blocking the basket, as he went 1-of-6 from beyond the arc. Still, Georgia Tech crawled back into the game after Duke’s 18-2 run. In just more than two minutes, the Yellow Jackets reduced a 15-point deficit to seven with 58 seconds left to play. Layups, dunks and free throws accounted for the last 16 Georgia Tech points, reminiscent of the Blue Devils’ 80-69 loss at Miami Jan. 25 and the sign of a team worn down by six players logging heavy minutes. It did not help that a young Duke team turned the ball over frequently down the stretch against the ninth-oldest team in the country. But Kennard helped keep the game out of reach with a dunk and four free

Late in the half, Capel made the decision to go man-to-man, which slowed the Yellow Jackets to just three points in the final three minutes. Georgia Tech still led 40-36 coming out of intermission, but Allen stepped up, hitting three triples in the opening 2:24 to help Duke (16-6, 5-4) retake the lead. Adam Smith also scored three buckets in the opening minutes on the other end, but the Blue Devils grabbed a 49-48 lead on an Allen lay-up with 14:40 to go and never looked back. After a Brandon Ingram free throw, the Blue Devils seized momentum for good. They recorded a pivotal stop when freshman Derryck Thornton forced a turnover, and classmate Luke Kennard found him on the other end for a lay-up that forced a Georgia Tech timeout. But Duke was just getting started Thornton delivered another layup on the next Blue Devil possession, followed by a Plumlee dunk, an Allen jumper, another Thornton layup and yet another 3-pointer by Allen. “That second half, we went on that run—we were defending, we were getting rebounds [and] we were executing. It was beautiful basketball,” Capel said. Starting in place of Kennard, Thornton appeared fresh off the eight-day break, shooting 7-of-11 for 15 points and handing out three assists in 30 minutes in his first start since a loss Jan. 13 at Clemson. Ingram— who could not get going from the field and shot just 3-of-15—contributed by getting to the charity stripe, where he sank 7-of-8 freesudoku_516B throws to still wind up with a double-double

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throws during the last minute. “We got a little tight there in the end. We got a little lax, and we got a little tired and we were sloppy, but we were able to make some plays to hang on,” Capel said. The win marks another close loss for the Yellow Jackets, whose previous three home losses this season came by a total of six points. But for the Blue Devils, Tuesday offered another second-half comeback on the backs of Allen and Thornton, as was the case in November when the duo helped seal victories at the 2K Classic in New York. “Our ultimate goal every night is to come in and win, so for to do that, snap a little streak and get a new beginning for us feels good,” Allen said. Duke will take on N.C. State at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday at 2 p.m. eyeing a second straight win.

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Sustaining socioeconomic diversity

n November Duke announced its newest financial aid initiative, The Washington Duke Scholarship Program, aimed at improving the experience of first-generation students and those coming from under-resources backgrounds. We applauded Duke for looking to not only increase our student body’s socioeconomic diversity but to offer resources to the students who choose to come here. While we will have to wait for some years and more fundraising for that program to scale up, it was announced last week that Duke has become the 37th university to partner with QuestBridge—a program that allows high-achieving, low-income students to apply to a coalition of top universities with the chance to earn a full scholarship and financial and advising support along the way. A QuestBridge partnership will help Duke with exposure to low-income students. Young compared to many of our academic peers, Duke is often passed over by low-income students looking at elite institutions with greater financial aid capabilities. Students in that demographic who use QuestBridge’s College Match scholarship program, however, have their application automatically forwarded to Duke and are given priority consideration for funded trips to campus, better connecting them with the University.

In addition to launching the Washington Duke Scholars and QuestBridge partnership, Duke recently announced the Access and Opportunity Challenge fund. The challenge allows donors to give money to Duke that would be matched by outside foundations, all contributing to our ability to award students need-based financial aid. Unsurprisingly, the cost of covering need-based financial aid is not constant over time for Duke. In the last ten years, that cost has skyrocketed from $43 million in 2005 to $99 million 2015. We have written in the past on the importance of socioeconomic diversity on campus, and we hope

Editorial that fundraising like Duke Forward is able to keep up with this rising cost of support as programs like the Washington Duke Scholars and QuestBridge attract students who demonstrate financial need. While the scholarship programs and financial aid challenge fund are welcome news, they highlight the colossal, ever-increasing cost of attendance at Duke and at colleges across the country. In 1984, Duke’s cost of attendance was around $10,000; twenty years later, it has risen to be more than $67,000. It is very difficult to claim that the education a Duke student

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receives in four years is worth nearly seven times more today than it was in 1984. While there are natural increases in our University’s administration and development as well as in the national economy, the jump finds some explanation in the growth of Duke’s non-educational expenses: the hiring of additional administrators, the construction of ornate glass box facilities, the expansion of Student Affairs and the addition of countless peripheral services, some of which are necessary and some of which are not. Perhaps in an effort to keep up with rival institutions, Duke has adopted a policy of constant growth, pouring money into swollen non-academic departments. While it seems the American way to encourage sustained growth year after year, there certainly seems to be diminishing returns for students and greatly increasing costs. This is hardly unique to Duke however, and some confluence of factors in the national landscape of higher education have encouraged the status quo that burdens students and their families. As Duke continues to preach a mission of attracting low-income students who will be able to capitalize on their Duke experience, it also continues to find good ways to financially support their time here. Yet the deeper problem of frightening tuition numbers cannot be ignored.

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hile browsing Pinterest (procrastination, anyone?), I came across a quote that went something like this: anxiety is not being able to sleep because you’re worrying about something wrong you may have said two years ago. I actually do that. A lot. I struggle with my mental health, and it’s something I write about often (this is my third column on the subject, in case you didn’t notice).

calming. I wish I would choose to write everyday in the time that I waste browsing on Instagram. It can be difficult if you’re trying to write about things that are bothering. It takes energy to actually confront the thoughts you’re uncomfortable with and so it can be a bit less relaxing in the shortterm. However, it is a journal and you can use it in anyway you like—I’m still trying to get the hang of it myself. What else am I doing? Let’s see. I’m currently

Alena Sadiq DOUBT TO BELIEVE Why? Because putting down my thoughts on paper feels therapeutic. I like navigating through my mind by writing about it. A better place for this therapy is probably a private journal, and I bought one, but I haven’t done a very good job at writing in it regularly. So, every few weeks or so, I end up writing here. But this space is shared with the public and I don’t have complete control over the editing, so it’s probably better to write my inner musings on the pages of a private journal. Well, for today, let’s just keep going here. My hope is that my ramblings about mental health can benefit the people who read my column in some way. I hope that, alongside the little bit clarity of mind that writing gives me, reading it lets people struggling with mental health know that they’re not alone. This particular column is a bit like me checking in with myself, with my mental health, highlighting things that worked and things that didn’t. I don’t claim to speak for everyone; I am speaking just for myself, from my own experiences. Here are a couple of things that I have tried and that did help my mental health. Adult coloring books are awesome. I’m not sure why they felt the need to put in “adult” in the name—probably because the general perception is that only children color, which is a shame because it is extremely fun and everyone should do it. I colored every time I felt anxious during winter break, and it helped me relax. I think the reason is partly that coloring makes you feel in control (as in, what color goes where) and partly that it is just a really fun activity. Since I’ve gotten back to Duke, I haven’t colored, but I should because my health should be a priority. Maybe tonight? Just fifteen minutes can do wonders. The second thing is something I’ve already mentioned above: keeping a journal. It can be

browsing the CAPS website, looking through the workshops they offer (small advice to the administration: please improve/update the website. You will make it easier for students to take advtantage of such opportunities) and hopefully I will sign up for one. It is free and on campus, so why not? I kept thinking about it last semester; hopefully I’ll act on it during this one. It is exhausting to see your mental health struggles take on new shapes, morph into anxiety, then into depression and then into anxiety again. Facing inner battles that you’re not sure you know how to fight is tiring. Often, your anxiety can find a way to creep into the things you love to do. My anxious fear of “saying something wrong” has lately started to bother me when I try to write. So if this piece of writing is awful, blame my anxiety. Doing little things for yourself, for your mental health, is good for everybody. Even if you’ve not been diagnosed with an illness, you can probably use some relaxation and clarity of thought. And should a situation arise where you are faced with an illness, these little things can be the tools that you may be able to use then. You have to make your mental health a priority because, if you don’t, it will wear you down, tire you out and eventually catch up with you. So start today and take care of yourself. I’m saying this as much (if not more) to myself as to anybody else. I get so caught up in my work, in trying to be successful (which sometimes is more about impressing other people rather than about satisfying myself), that I end up neglecting my mental health. So, here’s another gem from Pinterest: I’m not interested in competing with anyone; I hope we all make it. Alena Sadiq is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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Choosing empathy

ne of the most challenging and equally rewarding aspects of studying abroad is that it challenged me to truly understand, and not just imagine, what it would be like to live in someone else’s shoes. In other words, to practice the art of empathy. Last year, author Leslie Jamison came to Duke to talk about her about her book “The Empathy Exams.” The book is a collection of essays in which she recounts her experiences both receiving and giving empathy and the way in which

apply it back to my life at Duke. I would sum it up with one word: empathy. I learned three valuable lessons from empathy and how it impacts the way in which I engage with the world around me: 1. Empathy is different from sympathy. Merriam Webster defines empathy as “the feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions: the ability to share someone else’s feelings.” It involves, first, seeing someone else’s

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atching the Iowa caucus results Monday night, I found myself overcome with excitement when CNN made its first “CNN Projection.” Regardless of the result, or even which party they were referencing, the graphic and their little tune brought back countless memories of election nights past. It could mean only one thing: after years of speculation and polling, we finally have the makings of a cold, hard delegate count. Regardless of the fact that primaries are, in fact, a relatively new American

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it has impacted her interactions with others. Like many talks I have been to at Duke, I left inspired and motivated to be more intentional about empathizing over sympathizing with others. However, with passing time, I became less aware about my intentions. Only when I got to Salvador, Brazil, for my semester abroad did Jamison’s words once again resonate with me. During my three and a half months in Brazil, I was immersed in the culture and in the lives of the people I lived with during my homestay. I stayed with a working class family who had little exposure to Americans. Most of what they knew about American culture was based on media representations. Thus, an essential part of my experience abroad became exchanging ideas, language, traditions and beliefs with my host family, asking each other the questions of how and why. In doing so, these exchanges allowed us to put ourselves in each other’s situations and see the world from the eyes of the other. This was integrated into our daily lives. I participated in their typical weekend activities. We went on walks in our neighborhood. We cooked together; they cooked for me and I cooked for them. We went to the beach together weekly. I taught my host mom some English and she helped me improve my Portuguese. I met their friends; they met mine. I learned about their family’s history. I heard about their proudest moments and their greatest fears. I also witnessed, in the present, their interactions with others shaped, in many ways, by their identities, especially in regards to gender, race, sexual orientation and religion. By better understanding, through immersing myself, my host-mom’s experience as a black woman practicing the prosecuted Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, for example, I became keenly aware of some of the struggles she faced. Then I became committed to doing my part to fight them—with her. Leaving Brazil, I have a deeper appreciation for how understanding others’ unique experiences—that is, experiences other than our own—allows us to be more interconnected. From this, I began to think about how I would

situation, from their perspective, and, second, sharing in their situation. In the past, I have often used sympathy and empathy interchangeably. But a key difference exists between them. Whereas empathy is sharing in his or her feelings from the other person’s perspective, sympathy is from your own perspective. That is not to say that sympathy is not important but rather that it is not always enough. 2. Empathy is necessary for respect. In order to disagree, we must first understand someone else’s perspective. Taking the time to first put yourself in the other person’s shoes and then share in his or her feelings of joy or distress despite our own perspective is key to respecting others and our community. It’s not enough to simply disagree or agree—we must give ourselves the chance to see where the other is coming from and why. 3. Empathy is a choice. It isn’t just something that happens to us. It’s something we do to pay attention, to extend ourselves. Jamison summarizes it well: “The act of choosing simply means we’ve committed ourselves to a set of behaviors greater than the sum of our individual inclinations.” Being intentional about empathizing is not as natural as it might seem, but it is something we can all do. While I was reminded of the importance of empathy during my time abroad, I certainty did not have to go to Brazil to practice empathy. We can and should do this right here, in small ways, on a daily basis. We have this tendency to separate ourselves from experiences that are not our own on campus in a large part because we feel they are not our battles to fight. But one of the most important things I was reminded of in Brazil is that empathy is a building block for strong communities. We owe it to ourselves and to each other to see the world from where the other person stands. So go ahead, try on someone else’s shoes and be open to someone else trying yours on. What we learn may surprise us. Sofia Stafford is a Trinity junior. Her column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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political phenomena, the Iowa caucus represents the start of the election season, arguably the crowning achievement of the American experiment. Many people, on both sides of the aisle, have responded to the Iowa results with dismay, some even heralding the end of traditional politics with the ascension of certain orange-haired candidate. But fear not, for Bernie and the Donald in fact represent the enduring power of the American people. Regardless of their politics, they have demonstrated that big money and establishment elites do not control the political process as much as we feared. After two elections in which candidates raised astounding amounts of money ($730 million by Obama in 2008 and $1.1 billion by Romney in 2012), the trend seemed unstoppable towards more and more money in presidential politics. Add on the Citizens United court case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that super PACs could spend unlimited amounts of money, and the political process seemed doomed for eternity. But last night, Cruz, Trump and Sanders demonstrated that elites may not have as much influence as we thought four years ago. Cruz managed to win a plurality of Iowa voters without the support of the Republican establishment. Trump won 24.3 percent of the vote with no establishment support and no Super PAC money and Sanders almost won a majority of votes with little establishment support, no Super PAC money and no support from Wall Street. Even though these three candidates express vastly different ideas about politics, the role of government and social issues, I feel confident in the American system that candidates can still win support the old fashioned way. In crafting this column, I intended to demonstrate the value that raw data and information can play in informing a political opinion. As we get deep into election season, I wanted to share with you some of the sources I use for political information on a regular basis. Political involvement has remained high for the last several years, and the sense of participation is palpable with such a diverse and divisive field of candidates. Below are some of my favorite websites for keeping up with the political world. Polling: Iowa’s results show once again that polling is at best a very imperfect measurement of a candidate’s likelihood of

success. Polls depend heavily on they way in which they are conducted, and they tend to inflate leads, but nonetheless they are our only source of raw data in the absence of an actual election. Real Clear Politics combines polls from several different sources and displays them as well as an average. The Huffington Post has a similar function. Both display national and state polls for both parties as well as issue specific polls like presidential job approval and satisfaction with the economy. Primary/Caucus results and data: Politico

has some great maps and diagrams of primary results and delegate counts. With their interactive program, you can map delegate counts for the rest of the primary season, and predict nomination and general election outcomes as well. The New York Times also has election results with data from the Associated Press. Traditional News: Everyone from candidates to pundits to the general public loves to hate on the media. It has almost become a sort of national pastime. But for all their faults, the media could be a lot worse. From a historical perspective, newspapers in the “yellow journalism” age of the early 20th century towed the party line much more than they do today. And even though Fox and MSNBC clearly favor one party, we should be thankful that we live in a society where we can hear competing views in a public discourse. My point here is that we should not discount traditional media sources just because they lean to one side or the other. What we should avoid is only listening to one side or the other. Read the Wall Street Journal, but also read the New York Times. Watch Fox, but also watch MSNBC. They all encourage their audience to think, and that should be the end goal. Other commentary: Aside from traditional news outlets, it can at times be helpful to read longer, more articulate articles. For those, I usually turn to The Atlantic or 538. Both offer commentary that is either unbiased, or relatively equal in volume between the two sides. On campus: Finally, there are several organizations on campus that provide political information or opportunities for debate and discussion. Duke Political Review features articles on political issues and interviews with prominent politicians. The Alexander Hamilton Society promotes debate between two sides of various issues ranging from international relations to domestic politics. American Grand Strategy brings current and former government officials to campus to discuss (either in private meetings or public talks) issues related to American foreign policy and international relations. Countless other organizations work tirelessly to promote a dialogue on campus that allows us to develop our positions and our ability to articulate them. Brian Hopkins is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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he wasn’t going to make the trip at all,” Capel said. “It was unnerving. He’s our coach.” Krzyzewski is “expected to return to the team soon,” according to the team statement. In 2014, Krzyzewski suffered from dizziness and lightheadedness during a road loss at Wake Forest, and was checked by trainers following the game. He did not attend the postgame press conference, but did not miss any ensuing games. As soon as the team found out that Krzyzewski would miss Tuesday’s contest, Capel—who was a member of Duke’s 199495 team—and assistant coaches Nate James and Jon Scheyer talked with the players, helping them ready themselves to overcome Krzyzewski’s absence. “[We were] talking to them, asking them ‘How [do] you feel?’ What are you thinking? What’s going through your head?’,” Capel said. “We were very open and honest and thing we talked about is, ‘Look, we’re prepared. [Krzyzewski] has us prepared.’ We were incredibly positive around our guys because we were confident. It’s been a very emotional past 48 hours.” Capel—who has head coaching experience from his time at the helm at Virginia Commonwealth and Oklahoma — helped guide a young Duke squad through Krzyzewski’s absence. Although the Blue Devils had prepared to play mostly zone defense against Georgia Tech, Capel switched to man-to-man in the second half after the Yellow Jackets found success time and again down low against the Duke zone. The decision proved to be pivotal. After shooting 58.1 percent from the field in the first half, the Yellow Jackets made just 13 of their 42 shots in the final 20 minutes. Capel said postgame that Krzyzewski was feeling better and doing well.

“It’s all about excellence. You don’t just leave excellence to chance,” Ashby said. “If you want excellence, you have to be intentional.” David Morgan, chair of the religious studies department, wrote in an email that mentoring has proved beneficial for assistant professors. “My sense is that the assistant professors in my department deeply appreciate the care their colleagues take in working with them and that the effort at collegiality is never wasted,” he wrote. Each department has flexibility to design and implement the mentorship program, A. Craig Burnside, chair of the economics department, wrote in an email. He also noted that the program has been well-received. “My impression is that our assistant professors are happy with what we’re doing now and were doing before I became chair,” he wrote. Ashby noted that she hopes to expand the mentoring program moving forward to include associate professors becoming full professors this Spring and to professors of the practice and other nontenure track faculty later in the Spring or in the Fall. Faculty leadership was one of the areas Ashby identified when she first arrived at the University as an area for improvement. “We really had not been doing any leadership development with our chairs on a regular basis,” Ashby said. “It’s a pretty big job that they have.” Hiring practices and the success of new mentorship programs are among the topics discussed by chairs at monthly department meetings and at a department chair retreat that takes place

at the beginning of the Fall semester, Ashby explained. Such conversations allow faculty to share best practices with each other, she noted. “All those things you’re not supposed to know how to do,” Ashby said. “You’re a scholar, you’re not an administrator.” One benefit of the program is that it will develop leaders who are not already in leadership positions, but could become future department chairs or program directors, Ashby noted. She explained that the administration wants to help refocus some of the efforts of department chairs away from certain managerial duties that take up much of their time to let them shape the broader visions of their departments. Charles Piot, chair of the cultural anthropology department, wrote in an email that he has found the meetings useful. “They take you out of your departmental silo and put you into dialogue with other chairs around issues of common interest,” Piot wrote. “I always enjoy seeing and hearing from the other chairs.” Ashby explained that another reason training is important is that Trinity is unlikely to expand its faculty size any time soon. “Some departments probably need to be a little bigger and some departments need to be a little smaller,” she said. “The question is how do we take those people and move them forward as opposed to how do we move forward by adding more people.” The decision to try to keep faculty size relatively constant is the continuation of a model pushed for by Laurie Patton— Ashby’s predecessor—after the college added 100 faculty members before the economic recession of 2008, Ashby said. The University’s current student-to-

faculty ratio is 7:1. “We can increase our excellence without growth,” Ashby said. “We’re not going to grow but we are going to change.”

TASK FORCE from page 2 after Brodhead’s announcement to assemble the committee. She discussed how these opinions are reflective of the idea of freedom of speech, a concept that will be integral to the committee’s work. Although Burton said she understands and respects students’ rights to voice their opinions, she said she hopes that the student body will keep an open mind. “What I would ask of them is to look at us and see what we do over time and see how that fits in with their early assumption about what the task force would and would not be able to accomplish,” Burton said. She further noted that the task force intends on being transparent and easily accessible to students. The committee is currently working on a website where individuals can find topics of previous committee discussion and can offer recommendations and ask questions about the task force’s direction. LaBella expressed her optimism about this direction despite the complexity of the issue. “This task force has an enormous amount of work ahead of them in a short amount of time,” LaBella said. “I believe we have selected a group of students who will contribute to the task force’s mission of providing thoughtful, proactive and substantial proposals for advancing Duke’s approach to issues of bias and hate.”

February 3, 2016

“What To Consider in Voting for Young Trustee” By Richard Riddell, Vice President and University Secretary

ince 1972, the Duke University Board of Trustees has benefited from having recent or current students serve as Young Trustees. Next week, undergraduate students will select a new Young Trustee in a campus-wide election. As students consider their choices, I’d like to share a few thoughts on the criteria trustees use when selecting new members of the board.

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First, here’s what Young Trustees aren’t: they aren’t representatives of the students and they don’t advocate for particular changes or for particular constituencies. This is a popular misconception. The board is not a representative body, rather it’s a deliberative body that holds the university in its trust (thus the name, “trustees”). Good trustees are broad-thinkers. Trustees are asked to think of Duke as a whole – always thinking of what is best to support the overall mission of the University. They have an interest in the role of the university in society, respect for how universities are administered and governed, and curiosity about issues that research universities face today. Trustees speak and think independently, are able to discuss tough issues in a candid, confidential, but friendly manner, and value collegiality, knowing the importance of being a member of a group and respecting other members. They exercise good judgment and restraint. As representatives of the university, they embody the values that define Duke such as integrity, dedication, courage, and respect for people of different backgrounds and cultures. In my tenure as secretary, I have found the perspectives of Young Trustees valuable and insightful: they are close enough to the experience of being a student to help older trustees understand current campus issues while also eager to ensure that Duke continues to be a vital institution for future generations of students. Whoever is elected this year, I look forward to welcoming the Young Trustee to the board in the fall, and to that Young Trustee’s invaluable contribution to Duke.

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